Sandpipers & Snipes in Gwynedd
Our list for Gwynedd has 17 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Gwynedd in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 17, most common first
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceUncommon20–32 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Curlew 50–60 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made